Sidewalks of New York (2001)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 91
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 40
Though well-acted, Sidewalks of New York generally comes off as a second-rate Woody Allen film. The characters seem self-absorbed, the problems trite.
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 12
Though well-acted, Sidewalks of New York generally comes off as a second-rate Woody Allen film. The characters seem self-absorbed, the problems trite.
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A documentary film crew follows the lives of six New Yorkers as their lives unexpectedly intersect -- or at least that's what writer, director, and actor Edward Burns would like you to believe in this comedy-drama that looks at the rocky road of relationships in the Big Apple. After sharing the stories of their earliest sexual experiences with an interviewer, six people are trailed by a cameraman through the course of an average day. Tommy (Edward Burns) is a successful television producer (and
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Edward Burns
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Rosario Dawson
Maria -
Dennis Farina
Carpo -
Heather Graham
Annie -
David Krumholtz
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Brittany Murphy
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Stanley Tucci
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Nadia Dajani
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Callie Thorne
Sue -
Aida Turturro
Shari
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At first, it seems like Burns' most unoriginal, least exciting movie to date. But it's much more than that because Burns brings some astute, prickly observations to the mix and actually works against the idea of predictability.
Top CriticIf Sidewalks is still a pretty hard film to laugh at, that's not because it stirs horrific memories. The laughs don't come easily because the humor often feels forced.
The film uncovers no hidden truths about relationships except one: Romantic comedies don't have to be profound when they are as appealing as this one.
As a romantic comedy on your film menu, Sidewalks of New York holds the romance and serves comedy on the side.
Make no mistake, [Burn's] damn good at his singular craft, adept at building and oiling this particular machine. And it runs as smoothly as ever -- the plentiful laughs arrive right on cue, as do the occasional moments of near-poignancy.
It is nice that Sidewalks reflects a younger, multiethnic New York, one in which not everybody is wealthy and middle-aged or older as Allen's New York increasingly was. But diversity is no substitute for quality.
A Charmed Life---Men are pigs and women play games in "Sidewalks of New York."
La cinta en el global es una opción atractiva si buscan una cinta ligera y que hable de un amor posible en un grupo de caóticos seres que cohabitan en ese micro-universo
Burns's ear for dialogue prevents it from becoming a forgotten footnote to a promising career.
Virtually every actor in "Sidewalks" gives a performance that is just begging for better, more challenging material.
A work of charm, sweetness and ease
While it may not have anything new to say about love, life, or even New York, it's entertaining enough to keep you occupied while you're waiting for Woody to return to form.
It's entertaining yakking, yakked by characters we enjoy watching.
Demonstrates that Ed Burns can make a satisfying movie.
Burns has a way with actors and a way with dialogue, but he hasn't matured to the point where he can offer up a slice of life that doesn't feel pre-programmed.
A comedy/romance for the under forty crowd obsessed with sex, relationships, fidelity, and their neuroses.
Burns misses a chance to make a witty, observant film about contemporary sexual politics; instead, he comes up with his usual by-the-numbers portrait of lovesick New Yorkers.
Certainly recommendable to anyone looking for a solid date movie...
Little more than an occasionally amusing, often maddening rip-off of old Woody Allen multirelationship films.
Treads well-worn ground and fails to make us really feel for its half dozen self absorbed relationship-challenged characters.
It's hard enough for Allen to make a great movie these days. The last thing we need is a second-rate talent aping him.
The psychobabble never reaches Allen-esque levels; an overriding innocence and optimism corrals the dialogue and redeems even the older, more complicated psyches in the ensemble.
A snappy take on romance in Manhattan.
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Movie: ID: 15143 Title: Sidewalks of New York Release Date: 2001-11-21 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 4 Status: 1
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